My dad did not buy me my first train, my Uncle did because he lost a bet that I would walk before Christmas '53, I walk at 9 mos old 2 weeks before Christmas, my uncle bought me the Lionel Silver Chief Set with a ZW Transformer and still have both and still use the ZW on my last layout. My dad would stay up all night Christmas Eve setting up the tree and my Santa Fe Silver Chief set and all of the Plasticville he had(I still have all of it today). In my teen years when we know it all and nobody can tell us anything My my dad did do was to grow his and my interest by getting me to go to local meets in Miami, he joined a group called the Gold Coast Train Collectors. I worked at the same job he did making the same money so I bankrolled the hobby for him. It turned out to be the one thing he and I loved to do together. To this day I still pick up Post War Lionel that he always wanted and never acquired. My current goal is to complete the 6464 Series Box Cars in his memory. Last year I was finely able to pick up a Lionel Post War "J" for him. Sadly I lost my dad in 1984. I still miss him and think about him all the time. Love you Dad.
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